ALLEGED ARMED ROBBER KILLED BY COMMUNITY

Polokwane – A suspected armed robber has been killed by community members and three others have been arrested following an armed robbery at a liquor outlet in Apel, Limpopo police said on Sunday.

Four men armed with pistols entered the Ga-Mpusheng Bar Lounge in the early hours of Saturday morning. They threatened the owners at gunpoint and robbed them of cash, two pistols, and a pump-action shotgun, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said.

“The nearby community members were sensitised and managed to grab one of the suspects at the back of the bar lounge and burnt him beyond recognition. The suspect was later identified and is from Ga Mashabela in Masemola policing area,” Mojapelo said.

Two of the arrested suspects were from Mamelodi and one from Soshanguve. They were aged 32, 34, and 36 respectively. Items seized during the arrests included a Taurus firearm and ammunition and two Norinco firearms and ammunition, all with the serial numbers filled off. Also seized were a VW Polo, reported stolen in Ekangala in Mounalanga earlier this month, and R14 000 in cash, believed to have been stolen during the robbery at Apel, Mojapelo said.